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@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ compiles the kernel as a standalone Linux executable that can be run like any
other program directly inside of a host operating system. To be clear, it does
not require any virtualization support: it is just a regular program.
-What is a kunitconfig?
-======================
+What is a .kunitconfig?
+=======================
It's just a defconfig that kunit_tool looks for in the base directory.
kunit_tool uses it to generate a .config as you might expect. In addition, it
verifies that the generated .config contains the CONFIG options in the
-kunitconfig; the reason it does this is so that it is easy to be sure that a
+.kunitconfig; the reason it does this is so that it is easy to be sure that a
CONFIG that enables a test actually ends up in the .config.
How do I use kunit_tool?
@@ -46,16 +46,9 @@ However, you most likely want to use it with the following options:
- ``--timeout`` sets a maximum amount of time to allow tests to run.
- ``--jobs`` sets the number of threads to use to build the kernel.
-If you just want to use the defconfig that ships with the kernel, you can
-append the ``--defconfig`` flag as well:
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
- ./tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --timeout=30 --jobs=`nproc --all` --defconfig
-
.. note::
- This command is particularly helpful for getting started because it
- just works. No kunitconfig needs to be present.
+ This command will work even without a .kunitconfig file: if no
+ .kunitconfig is present, a default one will be used instead.
For a list of all the flags supported by kunit_tool, you can run: